Australian Kangaroos World Cup Squad

[DIEHARD]

Australian Kangaroos World Cup Squad

Terry Campese (Canberra), Petero Civoniceva (Penrith), Michael Crocker (Melbourne), Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney Roosters), Israel Folau (Melbourne), Paul Gallen (Cronulla), Kurt Gidley (Newcastle), Justin Hodges (Brisbane), Greg Inglis (Melbourne), Brent Kite (Manly), Anthony Laffranchi (Gold Coast), Darren Lockyer (capt, Brisbane), Joel Mongahan (Canberra), Josh Perry (Manly), Steve Price (NZ Warriors), Scott Prince (Gold Coast), Billy Slater (Melbourne), Cameron Smith (Melbourne), Brett Stewart (Manly), Glenn Stewart (Manly), Brent Tate (NZ Warriors), Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland), Anthony Watmough (Manly), David Williams (Manly).

[lonegull]

just heard on the radio, Scott Prince and Anthony Laffranchi have been selected in the squad

[lonegull]

Australia squad: Terry Campese (Canberra Raiders), Justin Hodges (Brisbane Broncos), Darren Lockyer (Brisbane Broncos, capt), Joel Monaghan (Canberra Raiders), Paul Gallen (Cronulla Sharks), Anthony Laffranchi (Gold Coast Titans), Scott Prince (Gold Coast Titans), Brent Kite, Josh Perry, Brett Stewart, Glenn Stewart, Anthony Watmough, David Williams (all Manly Sea Eagles), Michael Crocker, Israel Folau, Greg Inglis, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith (all Melbourne Storm), Kurt Gidley (Newcastle Knights), Johnathan Thurston (North QLD Cowboys), Steve Price, Brent Tate, Petero Civoniceva (Penrith Panthers), Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney Roosters).

[lonegull]

a good balanced squad good to see manly get rewarded with selections, also canberra have benn rewarded with there good form, one thing or selection i cant understand is Michael Crocker's he is off to england next year so wouldnt it be better to pick someone who is staying in the NRL

[Dummy Half]

Kurt Gidley makes it over Karmichael Hunt????

WTF!!!
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[Tamwelg]

Great squad, apart from the Stewart brothers.

[Dummy Half]

Monaghan & Perry....

Stewart... both of em....

Williams & Fitzgibbon....

Gidley

[Paul]

Monaghan & Perry....

Stewart... both of em....

Williams & Fitzgibbon....

Gidley

None of them in your list will let the team down,especially Fitzgibbon and Gidley

[goldcoastitans]

Monaghan & Perry....

Stewart... both of em....

Williams & Fitzgibbon....

Gidley

i wanna put Thurston on this list ....i hardly heard his name this yr ....all those poor players that have played all yr round and done amazing work get 2nd place to Thurston ...and hes had a shocking season (apart from the Origin games)

Fitzy - played one of his best yrs yet ...he deserved a spot IMO
Gidley - also had a good yr i got no problems with him being in the team
Monaghan - again great yr and was a stand out in most of the Raiders games next to Campese of course

[goldcoastitans]

Kurt Gidley makes it over Karmichael Hunt????

WTF!!!
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to injury prone IMO ....runs hard yes but because of the hard running he gets injured and they need a fullback for the whole tournament

[Dummy Half]

None of them in your list will let the team down,especially Fitzgibbon and Gidley

No im sure they wont let the team down,
especially as theyll probably only get a run against PNG
But they've taken spots away from BETTER players imo
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[titanstattman]

Monaghan & Perry....

Stewart... both of em....

Williams & Fitzgibbon....

Gidley

Im with wade and paul all these players have had a better yr than most who were picked and they wont let us down...

JT has a crap yr wow he plays a good origin and bang hjis in i think thats bullsh1t IMO....

And im over the moon that none of the 3 in voled with the brocs sex thing has been pick as i still believe they should of got drop from the start.....

[Steve]

From that list, my team would look something like this (which is nothing like the actual team picked)

1. Stewart
2. Williams
3. Inglis
4. Hodges
5. Folau
6. Gidley
7. Prince
8. Civoniceva
9. Smith
10. Price
11. Laffranchi
12. Stewart
13. Fitzgibbon

14. Campese
15. Kite
16. Watmough
17. Perry

[Paul]

No im sure they wont let the team down,
especially as theyll probably only get a run against PNG
But they've taken spots away from BETTER players imo
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Hunt is not better than Gidley.

Fitzgibbon always plays like a champ at rep level

I also think Thurston hasn't earnt his spot this year, Cooper Cronk and matt orford can feel hard done by. Slater will be the number 1 so Idon't know why stuart is also there(not upset he's in the squad though as he's quality) as Gidley would surely replace billy if he gets injured

I don't have too many complaints about the squad.I'm glad players like williams from manly and campese from canberra made it tbh

[Dummy Half]

Hunt is not better than Gidley.

Gidley is not better than Hunt
but Hunt has the combination with Lockyer, who im sure will be at five-eigth considering he is captain

oh and i dont think thurston shoulda made it either
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